Several of Mayor Bloomberg’s top aides – from Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff – “would make great mayors” when his own term ends, Hizzoner said yesterday.

The term-limited mayor was responding to a report in yesterday’s Post that he had spoken with Time Warner chief Richard Parsons about whether he’d be interested in running for City Hall in 2009.

Yesterday, Bloomberg made it clear he expects his appointees to focus on their current jobs, not the 2009 mayoral election. “I’m determined that the second term will be more productive than the first term,” Bloomberg said.

“I don’t view this as focusing on what comes afterwards. I think we should be focusing on what comes next, and I hope everybody in the city continues to do so.”

When a reporter asked if he had a preference among four possible successors – Kelly, Doctoroff, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein or Parsons – Bloomberg described all four as “friend[s] of mine” who “would make great mayors.”

Doctoroff told The Post he shouldn’t have been on that the list and is perplexed by rumors that he’s sounding out potential backers.

“I have never talked to anyone. I have no interest in running for mayor or any other elective office,” he insisted. “Whenever anyone’s raised it, I’ve said no.”

Kelly repeated an earlier statement: “I don’t think I have the makeup for politics. I’m going to stick with that answer.”

Parsons has definitely ruled out a run for mayor, according to several sources.

Klein aides say he, too, won’t be in the ’09 mayoral race. There’s been intense speculation recently about whether a candidate for mayor might emerge from outside the world of politics, much in the same way that Bloomberg stunned just about everyone by capturing City Hall in 2001.

One top real-estate executive scoffed at the idea of a Bloomberg-like repeat in 2009.

“Who else is prepared to spend $100 million? Who else is going to have a 9/11? At the end of the day, one of the Democrats [in the field] is going to be mayor,” said the exec.